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Monday, December 5, 2011

This is Part 2 of a custom order (see all of the details of Part 1 here). My customer's brief was simple enough; two quilts for teenage girls ~ sisters, happy and colorful, but not the same. Other than that I was given full creative license, which truly is the most wonderful and uninhibited way to work for a customer.

I love that these quilts are so obviously a set and have a certain RPQ look about them, and yet they are so different, readily distinguishable by their color palettes.

Working on these quilts has served as a reminder that fabric and color play are my true love and that I should perhaps more often work with my awesome fabric stash.

Instead of outlining the seam lines I have quilted this second quilt with a cross-hatch; stitching diagonal lines from edge to edge through each of the squares in both directions.

I could not resist a black and white stripe binding for this second quilt! This striped fabric never fails to please the eye. I am not sure if there is another fabric that works wonders for almost any quilt edge quite like this one.

I love the colours of this quilt; blue and green always a favorite of mine. I've just counted all the projects you have finished this year (sorry I'm an accountant, can't help it) and you are well over 50. How do you do it? Do you ever sleep :).